Chieko Higashiyama Movies

A survivor of the tragic mass suicides on Tokashiki Island in 1945 falls in love with a near-mute motorcycle engineer.

Japanese mystery thriller.

A family of Kyoto textile workers struggles after tragedy.

1963 Japanese movie

Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast about their loving sons but in reality, one had just...

In a certain port town, there is a group of young men called the Wakakusa-kai. The chairman Oda (Miki), member Ichiro Sonoda (Ishihama), his sister...

A village struggles to survive when the nearby lake becomes barren of fish.

1947 Toho film directed by Tadashi Imai

A man driven mad amid the ravages of war, a woman who never found true love, and an innocent young man—all drawn once again to the military...

This movie attempts to present the reality of doctorless villages to society at large, while focusing on simple human love in a heartwarming episode...

A film about the Ghost of Okiku that's based on the kabuki play Bancho Sarayashiki.

A film depicting a woman who gradually awakens to a new Japanese style of romance, moving away from the old Japanese style.

A young lord joins gang of Robin-esque robbers.

First japanese talking movie.

The long-awaited haymaking season has arrived on the island of Honshu. Work is in full swing in the fields, with young and old alike toiling away....

Yamada Maki, who has a strained relationship with her father and a protective older brother, Katsuyoshi, faces a series of emotional challenges,...

This film stars Tanaka Kinuyo as the mother of the heir to the Hosho name, a famous lineage of Noh actors. The heir, Hosho Yagoro, is played by...